Postnatal development of electrophysiological properties of principal neurons in the rat basolateral amygdala

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 4819-4838

  Ehrlich, D E ^a   Ryan, S J ^a   Rainnie, D G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMOTION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PATCH CLAMP; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

AGE FACTORS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84866864047     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.237453     Document Type: Article

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